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38 days after install

I am a first year beek, and installed my one package on may 11th. Today I did a full inspection and found 8 full bars of brood comb, 4 partial bars of comb under construction and one full bar of nectar w some capped honey. does this sound about right as far as the bee 'construction' rate? I added one empty bar in between brood comb and nectar and 3 on the far end as they were up against the follower board. I realize that I will not see any honey this first year, but I would have tought they might have piut up a bit more stores than that?

Re: 38 days after install

Doesn't sound that bad for just a little over a month. They are using lots of food right now for brood rearing and comb construction, they'll start adding to the stores in a bigger way pretty soon. John